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AND circuit, gate [ænd]

(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) Computing a logic circuit having two or more input wires and one output wire that has a high-voltage output signal if and only if all input signals are at a high voltage simultaneously: used extensively as a basic circuit in computers Compare NAND circuit, NOR circuit, OR circuit

[so named because the action performed on electrical signals is similar to the operation of the conjunction and in logical constructions]

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AND circuit - a circuit in a computer that fires only when all of its inputs fire

AND gate

logic gate, gate - a computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs

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